Selective Remembrances Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts

Name: Selective Remembrances Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts
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ISBN: 9780226450599

ISBN-10: 0226450597

ISBN-13: 9780226450599

Edition: 2008

Authors: Philip L. Kohl, Mara Kozelsky, Nachman Ben-Yehuda

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When political geography changes, how do reorganized or newly formed states justify their rule and create a sense of shared history for their people? Often, the essays inSelective Remembrancesreveal, they turn to archaeology, employing the field and its findings to develop nationalistic feelings and forge legitimate distinctive national identities. Examining such relatively new or reconfigured nation-states as Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Israel, Russia, Ukraine, India, and Thailand,Selective Remembrancesshows how states invoke the remote past to extol the glories of specific peoples or prove claims to ancestral homelands. Religion has long played a key role in such efforts, and the contributors…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 2/15/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 0.63" wide x 0.91" long x 0.10" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English



Introduction: Selective Remembrances: Archaeology in the Construction, Commemoration, and Consecration of National Pasts




Russia and Eastern Europe



Russian Response: Archaeology, Russian Nationalism, and the "Arctic Homeland"




The Challenges of Church Archaeology in Post-Soviet Crimea




The Writing of Caucasian Albania: Facts and Falsifications




Archaeology and Nationalism in The History of the Romanians




The Near East



The Rise of the Hittite Sun: A Deconstruction of Western Civilization from the Margin




The Sense of Belonging: The Politics of Archaeology in Modern Iraq




The Name Game: The Persian Gulf, Archaeologists, and the Politics of Arab-Iranian Relations




Israel/Palestine



Excavating Masada: The Politics-Archaeology Connection at Work




Recovering Authenticity: West-Bank Settlers and the Second Stage of National Archaeology




Appropriating the Past: Heritage, Tourism, and Archaeology in Israel




An Archaeology of Palestine: Mourning a Dream




South and Southeast Asia



The Aryan Homeland Debate in India




The Impact of Colonialism and Nationalism in the Archaeology of Thailand



Contributors


Index